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Area Lagunitas Creek
Topic Tour: Historic Photos of Dams in the Lagunitas Cr Watershed
 

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This is a picture of the construction of Alpine Dam on Lagunitas Creek from March 19, 1918. Photo provided courtesy of the Marin Municipal Water District.


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The Alpine reservoir site is being cleared here on May 14, 1917 for construction of the dam. Lagunitas Creek is to the right of the picture. Photo provided courtesy of the Marin Municipal Water District.


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This is a picture of the Kent Lake area prior to excavation. Photo taken on August 20, 1952 and provided courtesy of the Marin Municipal Water District.


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The Kent Dam spillway is under construction in this picture taken in 1954. Photo provided courtesy of the Marin Municipal Water District.


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This is a picture of Peters Dam from July 6, 1987. Note the old spillway to the left and new spillway to the right created after the expansion. Photo provided courtesy of the Marin Municipal Water District.


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This is a picture of Nicasio Creek during construction of the dam in 1960. Photo provided courtesy of the Marin Municipal Water District.


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This is a picture of Nicasio Dam. Photo provided courtesy of the Marin Municipal Water District.


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This is a picture of one of the Nicasio fish traps. There were two traps, one above and one below the dam, to capture migrating fish to move either upstream or downstream of the dam. Photo provided courtesy of the Marin Municipal Water District.




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